Prime Minister Christopher Luxon admits new Associate Health Minister Casey Costello was wrong when she made statements about increases in excise tax on tobacco products. Video / Mark Mitchell
Greens co-leader James Shaw announces he is standing down from his role in March. Video / Mark Mitchell
The Green Party are due to hold a press conference at 11am today. Video / NZ Herald
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says New Zealand would pause funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency until Foreign Minister Winston Peters was satisfied it was appropriate to continue contributing to the aid operation after alleged links between 12 of its staffers and Hamas. Video /Mark Mitchell
MPs are back with plenty on the to-do list, Wellington's water woes and ANZ’s latest scam warning for customers in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZHerald
A fire in a block of shops in Auckland’s Manurewa is being treated as suspicious. Video / Hayden Woodward
Emergency services responded to a sudden death at 11.23 last night involving an electric scooter rider on Ian McKinnon Drive in Eden Terrace. Video / Hayden Woodward
People gathered in support of a ceasefire in Gaza, and protested the Government’s decision to deploy New Zealand personnel to join US-led attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen. Video / Dean Purcell
Firefighters continue to battle blazes in Canterbury. Six injured in two crashes in the North Island overnight. Further rulings possible in ICJ Israel-Gaza genocide case.
One year on from the Anniversary floods in Auckland, people are still recovering. A water safety reminder has been issued once again as another man is found dead in Wellington harbour and the government scraps Labours bill to lower the voting age to 16.
Inner City Wellington spokeswoman Geraldine Murphy on apartment owners facing increasingly unaffordable insurance premiums. Video / Mark Mitchell
A group of armed offenders fled police almost 100km to Northland after a reported shooting in the Auckland suburb of Massey overnight. Video / Hayden Woodward
Wellington City Council has decided to replace the city's parking meters, despite paying $1.5 million to install a new sensor network in 2016. Video / Mark Mitchell
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown lashes out over pedestrian crossing costs, inflation falls in line with expectations and when Kiwis can expect clarity on Cathedral Cove’s re-opening in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / Maori TV / NZHerald
Bruce Hopkins backflipped off the Red Bull Cliff Diving platform to celebrate his 68th birthday. Video / Cameron Pitney / Corey Fleming
The Prime Minister gets set to attend Ratana, why pedestrian crossings cost thousands more in Auckland and the Reserve Bank’s debt-to-income proposal in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZHerald
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was asked about Te Pāti Māori comments calling the Govt white supremacists, and what he hopes to achieve at Rātana Pā on Wednesday. Video / Mark Mitchell
The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Winston Peters, and Defence Minister Judith Collins announced that New Zealand is sending six NZDF personnel to support efforts to protect shipping in the Red Sea. Video / Mark Mitchell
Police investigate a car park scam during Foo Fighters concert, co-ordinated treatment strategy for long Covid and leaked report shows links to avoidable deaths. Video / 1News / NZHerald
More than 300 people gathered at the site of the Tangiwai Railway disaster today to mark the 70th anniversary of what is still New Zealand’s most fatal train accident.
Amanda Palmer enlists the help of iconic New Zealand musician Julia Deans on her latest track "Little Island" from the new EP "New Zealand Survival Songs," ahead of her upcoming tour. Video / NZHerald
Firefighters continue to work to extinguish two large vegetation fires in North Canterbury today. Video / George Heard
Woolworths contacts thousands of staff over pay issues dating back nine years, the West Coast braces for deluge and Prince William visits Kate in hospital as she recovers from surgery in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald / AP
Golriz Ghahraman faces two charges and will appear in court, National starts political year on a high and why King Charles will be booked into hospital next week in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Bad weather and low supply have seen watermelon prices go up while apples have disappeared from shelves this summer. Video / Alyse Wright
Police visit Golriz Ghahraman’s home as investigations continue, the terrifying moment a prowler is caught on camera and Kiwis flock to book their next getaway in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Golriz Ghahraman faces a third shoplifting allegation, school’s radical 40-thousand-dollar gamble to fix attendance and why public transport prices in Auckland are getting hiked in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald / AP / Getty
Auckland Light Rail gets officially scrapped, a look at how well new strangulation laws are working in New Zealand and taps run dry as water restrictions loom in Wellington in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
The UK and Us have launched counter-offensive strikes against the Houthi rebels, Papua New Guinea declares a state of emergency and the heat arrives for summer.
Soaring overnight temperatures are impacting sleep patterns of many.
Calls for urgent safety work after road claims six lives in under a year, Wellingtonians face higher water restrictions and muggy weather set to stick around in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Red Aguhar, one of the laid-off ELE workers from the Philippines, is living out of his car in West Auckland. Video / Michael Craig
ASB bank investigated after offering Kiwi scam victim a goodwill payment, why Generation Z are less likely to end up behind bars and petition demands harsher penalty after Kiwi allegedly kills beloved Aussie fish in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald / Getty
South Auckland funeral director Ese Tatupu is encouraging more Pacific families to speak openly about death and to think ahead. Video / NZHerald
